Re:Verse passage – 2 Samuel 24 (day seven)
However, the king said to Araunah, “No, but I will surely buy it from you for a price, for I will not offer burnt offerings to the Lord my God which cost me nothing.” (2 Samuel 24:24a)
I’ve wrestled with this passage all week, and I don’t think it is about what I thought it was about. I’ve wondered how this passage developed theologically and why God’s wrath is described the way it is. I was greatly excited to have one more chance to call us to be a repentant people (v.10, 17), and then I got to the last verse of this last chapter of David’s reign.
The final verses cause us to consider worship. We find David worshipping where the wrath of God stopped, and 1 Chronicles notes this is the exact spot where Solomon would build the temple. From David until Christ, God’s children would make their way back to worship in that very spot where the mercy of God reigned.
This blog is a reminder we need to choose the church that spreads God’s truth!